Tears & Fears: ROW80 Update

As I sit down to write my Sunday ROW80 update, I'm finding it hard to focus on anything except what happened in Connecticut. I can't shake the horror of what that evil man (yes, evil) did, much less the horrible sadness that each of the families affected is going through. It's senseless. The fact that it happened during the holiday season, a time when we are all focused on family and giving, makes it that much harder to digest.


At the end of the day, trying to understand the mind of a mad man is a lesson in futility. People will start debating various ways to stop situations like these. Although I hope there is an easy answer, I truly believe there isn't one. Nothing terrifies me more than a person determined to cause harm to others. They will always find a way. It's a helpless feeling. One that has brought many tears.

What can we do?

We can show love to everyone we care about, even to strangers. Let's all make a real effort to put as much goodness as we can out there, to both honor those who died and to try and tilt the balance back to good as much as possible. And we can pray. In whatever way you choose to, we need to keep the families in our thoughts and hearts.

It's a time to perform as many random acts of kindness as you can. I'm going to try, and I plan to share them here. If you would like to join me, please share them as well.

I'll be back to goals and writing tomorrow--I did make some progress, but I'll catch everyone up on Wednesday--but today I wanted to focus on what matters most to all of us... life and the people we love.
 My thoughts and prayers go out to all the families affected by the events in Connecticut.